Garment-hanger.



Fl Ll GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED on. 25, 1911.

1,263,235. a I Patent d Apr. 16, 1918.

INVENTOR VJ, m BY W} ATTO R N EY WITNESSES FLORENCE L. HARE, OF FINCASTLE, OHIO.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application filed October 25, 1917. Serial No. 198,381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE L. HARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fincastle, in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to fur hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicienthanger equipped with means for supporting and displaying a set of womens furs which usually consists of three pieces, a muff, a neck piece and a hat.

Another object is to so construct a device of this character that it may, be readily handled by either clerks or customers to display the articles carried thereby without necessitating handling of the articles.

Another object is to so construct a device of this character that it may be made from a single piece of heavy wire thereby rendering it cheap to manufacture and avoiding any projections which might engage the garments and tear them.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hanger constructed in accordance with this invention with a set of furs shown mounted thereon, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view on an enlarged scale of the hanger without the furs.

In the embodiment illustrated, the hanger constituting this invention is shown formed from a single piece of heavy wire which may be finished in any suitable or desired manner and constructed of wire of any suitable or desired size according to the size of the hanger and the articles to be supportedthereby.

In constructing this hanger 1, the wire from which it is composed has one end thereof bent to form a support engaging hook 2. The wire is then extended to form an upright 3 and then bent laterally and curved as shown at 4 to form one member of a garment support. This curved portion 1s then extended downwardly in a plane at right angles to the member 4 to form a spacer and connector 5. At the end of the connecting or spacing portion 5 it is ex- 7. The wire then extends rearwardly to form the other member 8 of the muff support and is then twisted around the vertical member 5 and curved and extends laterally as shown at 9, passing over membert at a point adjacent the upright 3. The wire is then extended beyond said upright on the side opposite to that on which the member 4; is disposed and in the same plane and is curved downwardly to form a spacing element 10. This wire is then bent upwardly and folded upon itself to form a hook shaped loop 11 which is designed to be interlockingly engaged with the loop 7 for detachably connecting the mufi' holder to the spacing mem ber 10. After this loop 11 is formed, the wire is twisted around the straight member 10 and then bent laterally inward and curved as shown at 12 until it reaches the upright 8 around which it is twisted and then bent laterally outward at the base of the hook 2 to form an arm 13 which may be of any desired length. This arm has its outer end curved upwardly as shown at 14 and. then inwardly as shown at 15 to provide a hat support which may be of any suitable or desired size. From the above description it will be seen that by so forming the hanger, two parallel garment or article supports are provided with spacing elements between them and an upright rising from one of said members and carrying a garment supporting hook and a hat support.

In the use of this invention, the hook shaped loops 7 and 11 are disengaged and the mud shown at M is slipped longitudinally on the member formed by the bars 6 and 8 and the hooks then again snapped into engagement. The neck piece shown at N, a coat, or any other garment to be supported, may then be placed on the upper member of the hanger as is shown clearly in Fig. 1 and a hat H may be hung on the upwardly curved member of the arm 13. The hanger may then be grasped by the hook 2 for displaying the garment carried thereby or it may be hung on a hook or other suitable support.

This hanger may be as above stated, made in different sizes for use in supporting dolls clothes, childrens garments or any other article desired and is especially useful in taking care of furs either at home or when traveling.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with. the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparentto those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have 'described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

1 claim 1. A hanger of the class described co prising a pair of vertically spaced parallel garment supports composed of laterally spaced side members, spacing members connecting the ends of said parallel members,

one of said spacing members and one of said parallel members having interlockingly engaged hooks to provide for the detachable connection of the supporting member, and an upright rising from the other member and carrying a support engaging hook and a laterally extending garment support.

2. A hanger of the class described composed of a single piece of heavy wire having one end bent to form a support engaging hook and the other end engaged with said hook carrying end and extended laterally and curved upwardly and inwardly to form a hat support, said wire being bent to form parallel longitudinally extending "vertically spaced loops with upright spacing members arranged between the ends thereof, and hook shaped loops formed at one end of one of said spacing members and at the adjacent end of one of said longitudinal loops, said hooks being designed for interlocking engagement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLORENCE L. HARE.

Witnesses:

FLO C. HARE, JOSEPH MURKE, J r. 

